HLINks archive

After the summer interlude, we're thrilled to welcome you back with the latest edition of HLINks, your weekly dose of housing, health, and social care news.

To kick start the week, we would like to thank Tunstall Healthcare for coming on board as an exclusive sponsor of our news outlets, enabling us to bring the latest news and information on housing with care and technology matters to our members. 

To coincide with Tunstall's support, HLINks will now be delivered bright and early 🌟every Monday morning🌟, setting the tone for a week filled with ideas, inspiration and insightful resources!

In this week's HLINks, you can expect:

1. Top News Highlights: Stay in the know with our curated selection of last week's most significant news stories. 

2. Expert Insights: Dive into exclusive articles and blogs from professionals shaping the future of housing, health and social care. 

3. Resource Roundup: Access a wealth of resources, reports and publications that can enhance your knowledge. 

4. Dates for your Diary: Discover upcoming events, webinars and opportunities to collaborate with like-minded professionals.

5. Member Spotlights: Get inspired by the exceptional work being done by fellow Housing LIN members.

Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

Welcome to #JeremyTalks, the last before our August news break.

This week, we shared two new Housing LIN guest blogs. The first by Debra Edwards, a co-production champion for (TAPPI) on The power of co-production, and the second was by Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director at Tunstall Healthcare, on Preparing for digital transformation with SaaS. 

We were delighted to host our final HAPPI Hour webinar of the series with some incredible guest speakers on moving from vertical to horizontal integration. The Spring/Summer series included 10 engaging sessions, welcomed 50 inspiring speakers, and celebrated over 1300 registrations! Thank to you all those who participated. 

And, on Thursday, we hosted the first Future Leaders Programme get-together. We were delighted to be joined by Lawrence Cramer, People & Culture Director at IVG, Jack Baldan, Housing Investment Officer at Waltham Forest Council and last year's participant, and Jamie Bunce, the CEO at IVG. Find out what went on!

What else caught my interest?

• RIBA: A hugely important decision to improve fire safety standards
• APPG Inquiry on the regeneration of outdated sheltered housing: Call for evidence
• LUHC: Parliamentary Select Committee launches Inquiry on disabled people and the housing sector
• Regulator of Social Housing: new consumer standards
• Disability Unit: The Cabinet Office Disability Unit opens consultation on Disability Action Plan
• The Older People's Commissioner for Wales: digital exclusion survey
• Knight Frank: Seniors Housing Development Update 2023
• PRP Senior Partner Manisha Patel reflection on multigenerational living
• Skills for Care report: The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England
• Scotland consults on an Older People’s Commissioner: Proposed Older People's Commissioner Scotland Bill
• Social Care Future: A movement for gloriously ordinary lives
• TAPPI Cast – 28 July 2023

Finally, HLINks will return on Friday, 15th September. In the meantime, keep up-to-date with our Latest News webpage and via Twitter and LinkedIn.

Welcome to #JeremyTalks,

This week we published a new Housing LIN guest blog by Liz Parsons, Head of Public Health – Built Environment and Social Housing across Milton Keynes City, Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough councils. Ahead of next week's HAPPI Hour on Housing and Integrated Care, she shares insight on an exciting new and innovative health and housing partnership.

I was also delighted to take the opportunity to provide an update on the Older People's Housing Task Force and the new Inquiry into the Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing during this week's APPG meeting on Housing and Care for Older People.

This followed my presentation at Homes England's planning for later life event with their local government capacity centre. 

What else caught my interest:

• Levelling Up, Housing and Communities House of Committee report calls for planning reform
• RIBA's new Overlay report, Plan of Work, on inclusive design
• Healthy Homes: Shaping the future
• The King's Fund: Driving better health outcomes through integrated care systems
• Hallmark Foundation: Ageing well improving care Impact 2022-23
• Sage Journals: Home environment design theories and models related to the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities
• NHS Assembly report: The NHS in England at 75 (NHS@75)
• TAPPI Cast 21 July

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk

Welcome to #JeremyTalks

This week we shared a new Housing LIN blog by Jon Pritchard, Associate Director of Housing and Community Inclusion at Southern Health Trust, who shared insight on what is being done to address increasing levels of anxiety around the security, cost and sustainability of housing.

Tuesday's HAPPI Hour webinar on age-friendly social housing welcomed excellent presentations on cutting-edge research on naturally occuring retirement communities (NORCs) from Manchester Universities and new iconic extra care housing in London. Missed this? Rewatch here!

Then, on Wednesday, we held an invite-only roundtable with EE on the 2025 digital switchover for trade and professional bodies associated with specialist and supported housing. We heard from contributions from across the sector who highlighted the key actions required to ensure the sector is digitally prepared.

What else caught my interest:

• Age UK briefing: The state of health and care for older people in England 2023
• Housing Forum proposal: The Housing Forum Call to Action
• ARCO: Manifesto for Older People's Housing: An IRC in Every Town
• Housing Ombudsman Service: Ombudsman urges sector to tackle new social injustices as it issues call for evidence for next Spotlight report
• TEC Cymru: Developing a digitally capable workforce

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

Welcome to #JeremyTalks,

We are saddened to learn that Lord Kerslake, chair of Peabody, has died. He championed social housing and held many prestigious roles, including Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency (now Homes England) when it oversaw the work of the ‘Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation’ and the publication of the first HAPPI report 15 years ago. 

In other news, it's been a busy week on the news front….

A new report from the Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network was launched in the House of Commons. Written by Housing LIN, 'Supported housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people in England' reveals the scale, scope and cost of supported housing for people with learning disabilities and autism.

We published a Housing LIN guest blog by Dr Anne Labit at Universities of Orléans and Tours, France, on her research into cohousing for older people across six European sites. And, to coincide with this year's Coproduction Week, TAPPI partners published three new Personal Stories from our Co-production Champions Group on the positives and negatives of digital technology.

I was also delighted to attend ARCO’s annual conference in London, Rising to the Challenge.

What else caught my interest:

• The CHIC project video available to watch now: Collaborative Housing: A Better Place to Age?
• Home improvement services in England - National evaluation and call for evidence
• Senior Housing News (USA): New Report Sheds Light on Baby Boomers’ Desired Senior Living Services, Amenities
• Motionspot blog for ARCO: How inclusive design supports ageing in place and the social element of ESG
• Care Management Matters feature: The power of co-production
• Loneliness evidence review: Research exploring the stigma associated with loneliness
• TAPPI Cast - 7 July

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

Welcome to #JeremyTalks,

This week, we were delighted to attend CIH's Housing 2023 in Manchester where we participated in the specialist housing stream and supported the TEC Theatre sessions with our TAPPI partner, TEC Services Association (TSA). Find out what went on in this week's TAPPI Cast.

We also published two new Housing LIN guest blogs. The first, by Mario Ambrosi, Director of Communications and Marketing at Anchor and Chair of Housing and Ageing Alliance (HAA) on his vision for HAA and the older people's housing sector. The second by Emma Mahy, CEO & Founder of IoT Solutions Group, who highlights the growing traction in TEC for interoperability between housing and social care.

And, whilst we were in Manchester, we hosted a small invite-only roundtable with Legrand on the links between housing, health and social care, and assistive technology. We were joined by Zoe Robertson from Manchester City Council and author of our most recent case study on neighbourhood apartments.

What else caught my interest:

• British Property Federation: New report on the Undersupply Of UK Seniors Housing
• Inside Housing: Housing 21 acquires 445 specialist retirement housing properties from Clarion
• Inside Housing: Why housing is a key player in health
• Habinteg survey: Demonstrating the social value of wheelchair user homes
• NHS digital project: Digital exclusion amongst older people report
• TAPPI Cast - 30 June 2023

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

Welcome to #JeremyTalks,

This week, as part of Mencap's Learning Disability Awareness Week, we featured a range of Learning Disability and housing resources. Notably, we partnered with West Waddy Archadia (WWA) for a HAPPI Hour webinar on Trauma Informed Design within Learning Disabilities Environments.

We also published a new Housing LIN Case Study by Zoe Robertson, Assistant Director at Manchester City Council, examining the transformative potential of Neighbourhood Apartments for hospital discharge. Delighted that Zoe will also join us for an invite-only Housing LIN roundtable next week, in collaboration with Legrand, focused on the link between housing, health and social care, and assistive technology. 

This week also marked the inaugural session of Lord Best's new APPG Inquiry, into how best to regenerate our existing supply of outdated sheltered housing for our 21st century expectations. Housing LIN is proud to serve as the secretariat for this Inquiry.

What else caught my interest:

• TLAP: Clenton Farquharson awarded a CBE in King's Birthday List
• Octavia: Octavia’s care team wins a Workplace Development Award for end of life care
• Longitude Prize on Dementia: Alzheimer's Society/Innovate UK announce semi-finalists
• Research into Practice: a suite of resources on effectively supporting families with social care and housing needs
• Office of National Statistics tracker: How health has changed in your area: 2015 to 2021
• Department of Health and social care: Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices consultation
• Amar Bari, Amar Jibon: Latest newsletter with project update
• TAPPI Cast - 23 June

Join us at Housing 2023 and meet the Housing LIN team! Over the course of three days, in collaboration with TSA, we'll be hosting engaging discussions on TAPPI to HAPPI. Don't miss out on our selection of intriguing free sessions at the TEC theatre. 

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

Welcome to #JeremyTalks,

This week, we were delighted to share the updated Housing LIN Factsheet (No. 35), by Angeli Ganoo-Fletcher, Director, and Helene Saulue, Associate at PRP. It highlights the vital role of well-designed gardens in enhancing residents' quality of life, promoting physical and mental well-being, and mitigating cognitive decline.

We also drew attention to TSA's TEC Theatre, taking place at this month's Housing 2023 in Manchester, where we'll be supporting the delivery of a number of practical sessions that will give you the insight and know-how into how Technology Enabled Care within housing plays a vital role in empowering individuals to ensure they have the correct support in place to live the life they want.

Other items that took my interest:

• Collaborative Housing and Innovative Care (CHIC) Practices: An international exchange, Barcelona: YouTube Videos 
• Housing with Care awards: Neil McCarthy, Octavia Care, wins the Workforce Development Award
• DHSC: Safe care at home review
• Government response to the HSCC report and the Hewitt Review on integrated care systems
• TAPPI cast - 16 June
• Government breaks pledge to consult on improvements to housing adaptations
• Age of Majority report: Closing the gap between consumer expectations and community offerings in senior living

And looking further ahead, I'm delighted to have been invited to present at Homes England’s forthcoming Summer Learning Programme, Why planning for later life is important, on 19 July. 

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

Welcome to #JeremyTalks,

This week, we published a new Inspirational Achievement by Tunstall Healthcare reflecting on the launch of their PNC IP and Lifeline Digital™ IP dispersed telecare alarm unit that have been brought to market ahead of the phased move from analogue to digital communication across the UK.

I was also delighted to be invited to Barcelona as part of the Collaborative Housing and Innovative Practices in Care (CHIC) project team to participate in an international exchange on collaborative housing and innovative care practice. This was followed by attending various sessions at the International Social Housing Conference and networking with speakers who had presented on senior cohousing in Belgium, France, Spain and Holland. Look out for a selection of guest blogs and future HAPPI Hour sessions with them!

What else caught my interest this week?

• CACHE blog: a review of recent Supported Housing evidence review paper
• Property Week article: Solving the later living housing crisis
• Ageing Better feature: Neighbourhood networks model community based support
• Inside Housing roundtable: What can the housing sector do to create age-friendly homes and communities
• Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group: COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic
• Taylor & Francis book: Digital Ageism - how it operates and how to tackle it
• The Fabian Society’s Policy Report – Support Guaranteed: The roadmap to a National Care Service

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.

This week, we released two new Housing LIN Viewpoints. The first, with the Older People’s Housing Task Force in mind, is written by Tony Watts OBE, writer and co-founder of the Age Action Alliance, on the consumer's perspective on housing an ageing population. 

And, to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week in Scotland, our next Viewpoint by Cardiff University's Rebecca Oatley and the University of Worcester’s Teresa Atkinson presents valuable insights from The DemECH project.

On Tuesday, we held a captivating HAPPI Hour session with Brunelcare on Supporting People in Social Housing and the Cost of Living Crisis. If you missed it, the recording is now available here. 

And on Thursday, we held our Housing LIN Cymru Steering Board meeting in Pontypool, Wales. We were joined by guest speakers Mary Morgan and Neil Penny from NHS Gloucestershire/Gloucestershire County Council and Gareth Morgan from Hywel Dda Health Board.

Other items that caught my interest:

• Scottish Government Dementia Strategy launched: Everyone’s Story
• Age Scotland report: Making Adaptations Work for Older People in Scotland
• Inside Housing: Lord Best on the Older People’s Housing Task Force
• Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research: Digital Exclusion and the Cost of Living Crisis
• NHS Confederation: Integrated care strategy, health and wellbeing board and joint forward plan guidance: what you need to know
• University of Birmingham: Citizen Leadership: Co-creating integrated care
• TAPPI cast: this week's project update

Finally, we're always eager to hear your stories and receive your case studies and thought leadership on good practices. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk.